Ink-bottle-supporting device



Dec. 19 1922. 1,439,255

. I MORELAND.

INR TLE SuPPoRrms Dawes. Fuso ocr. B. 192|.'

. Iii' y I3" .Patented i9, i922.

JESSE I. MORELAND, 0F CI-HLLICOTHE, TEXAS.

INK-Borrtnsurroarrno nnvron.

application :indomani a, 192i. serial iid. 506,327.

To all @from "if 'may come/rn.'

Be it known that l, ,hw i" citizen oi the United Moanniinn, a residing at Chillicothe, in the county otlflaideman and y holder that is adapted to engage the top ot a school desk and suspend a bottle in the usual opening provided t'or ink wells.

A. further object is to provide a device that is adapted to support any ordinary ink bottle, thus obviating the need for specially constructed wells.

Another object is to provide a device that will suspend the top oi the bottlek below the top of the desk, whereby the bottle is protected from being struck by the student or overturned by objects on the desk.

Constructions designed to carry out the invention will be hereinafter `described together with other features of the invention.

rlhe invention will be more readily understood :troni a reading ot the following speciication and by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which examples of the ,in` vention are shown and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a sectionalview showing a device, which embodies my invention suspending an ordinary ink bottle in the usual ink well opening in the top of a school desk, i

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device,

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, another device embodying my invention,

Fig. 4 is a plan view ot the device shown in Fig. 3,

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 3,

showing still another device embodying my invention,

Fig.` 6 is an enlarged plan view of the de vice shown in Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail oit one of the radial arms.

lt is obvious that various constructions may be designed to carry out the invention and it is understood that the invention is in no way limited to the forms shown in the accompanying drawings, said forms being merely lfor the purpose of illustration.

ln Figs. 1 and 2, the device is provided 'with an annular support 10 having a down-Y showing` turned Amarginal flange 11, which rests on the margin oit ak desk 12 surrounding an ink wellopeningl. `Aplurality of radial arms l@ depends :troni the inner margin, ot the support, the said arms being inclined tewardthe center and having upturned lugs 1li .whiehengage the'neck ot a bottle under the beading 15. The arms areprei'G/Ibly- `made of resilient material and engage the neck with sufficient tension to suspend the bottle in the opening. l

In the form shown in Figs. '3 and e, the support assumes the shape of a band or ring 10 made preferably of resilient metal and split at 16, so as to engage the neck rbelowthe beading 'l5 under tension. The

support tapers upwardly from its lower edge whereby it is adapted to engage an ink bottle having a sloping or tapering neck.

Radial armsV 13 entend from the support and are bent upwardly and outwardly and arev provided lwith outwardly 'directed lugs 14 which rest on the marginal edge of the desk surrounding the ink well opening, whereby the bottle is suspended in the said opening.

The support shown in Figs. 5, 6 and l7 as- .suines the forni ot an annular, coiled wire spring 10a. A particular feature of this torni `resides in the manner of providing the radial arms 13a. When winding the coil the wire `is extended radially` at intervals, and doubled upon itself and twisted, thus torming the said arms, as is shown in Fig. 7. The ends of the arms are formed into eyes or lugs 14a and bent down so as to 'engage the desk; Normally the arms extend from the ring on a horizontal plane, but it'will be readily seenthat when the device is in use the weight of the bottle causes the arms to assume an upright position, whereby the lugs rest on the margin ot the desk surrounding the opening and suspend the bottle therein. It is obvious that the resilient nature of the support permits or its engaging various sizes and shapes of necks with sutcient tension. It is pointed out that all ot the devices shown in the rdrawings anddescribed herein suspend the bottle below the top of the desk, whereby the bottle is prevented from being overturned by the arms of the student or from being struck with objects on the desk. It is also pointed out that a device constructed in accordance with my invention is adapted to support any ordinary ink bottle, thus elimi nating the necessity of providing special ink wells for school desks. Snell a device is comparatively inexpensive to produce, and may be reedil)v installed in the desk by the user. c

lVarious changes in die size and shape,Y es Well as inodications? may be inside ivitliou depeiting` from 'lhe spiii of theinvention. lVliet I claim, is: i l. The coinbinaion with e Substantially `.Het support. having e eLQtive/l;7 large opening, of e. ring; resting upon -lie top of the suppci: edgacent *zo the opening and rfree 'Fiom connection with the euppoi',`and a plni'ality of ieeilient lingeie carried by Jche ring and projecting downivedly theiei'roin and entciingvseid opening, seid fingers receivlng and holding the neck of an -lnk botle or die 'like lfor supporting the seine .vili the upper end olf seid neck Wholly bcneal-h the lippen surface oil' che support.

2 dei/*ice loi euppoiting ink bottles or die like Within a relatively larg/je opening formed in a Substantial let eugpor, said device con'ipi'ising means resting upon the top of Jdie support adjacent to the opening and Afree from connection with the support. and holding means depending; from the support. ing` Ineens and passing iniio fille ielnivelv large opening io engagewili 'the neck of Lhe ink bottle and Support the Sain-e with the top of lie neck wholly below the inline? Surface of said support.

In testiinong.' whereof l mlix my signature.

JESSE MORELAND. 

